Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-28

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few Fork err from Bavaria. where he
asde a. excessive Fizits tszis sonne n
exxsfinR nnecdoses ~ ne mad King 1
z Bavaria. Toa PARTY 81 friends, who \
seTe SITTING IN the Ho1man Hcnse l
rs the Othes evening. he sid:
King Otto. nsi1e tr1za his mental
r7uenf, b II . perfect state q heath.
- liable % I've fer rnaur wears 20
.ome. o. large stature and heavy
tEiid. guarded b every attention that
1890 e eurresf an ...iir.r,1se 81, m
vent, King Otto WI probakfy aukllye
insanity i not inherited, the Munich
rseople claim, but was caused By his ex-
eeazes In Italy, where he was taken
when . mere boy On some points be
i perfectly sane, and On others his
mind i q tOtzi blank. In one Of his
lucid moments the news q his brother >
sd death reached him. Misunderstood
the outcome d 4. and At once prepared
20 attend the funeral In another mo-
ment be had forgotten all else save that
he vas King q Bavaria. By his order
plseards we're hung up IN his salon
labeled Otto King Of Bavaria, md
samm0ning has attendants, formed
them into line, and a. each in his turn
approached him with Bonded knee, ne
would ask the question: Who am l z
Your Majesty King Of Bavaria, they
would reply. This would be his plea
sure for hours ~ . time, and for weeks
kewas satisfied 20 think himself \ king.
Much Of his comfort Was due % King
Ludwig; tor, despite his isolation from
the world, be never forgot his monthly
visits 70 his demeuted brother, and
every kindness was laFished upon him
that the king could devise
4 While the BavaKian people laugh at
the idi0syncracies 81 Otto, il Is with
tears In their eyes that they refer a
the vagaries Of Ludwig. Beloved by
court and peasant alike, there are many
Who via not believe that their monarch
was an imbeciie. Eccentric, passion
ate, self-Willed, king At eighteen years
Of age, he had many faults, but there
are those abroad who viii resent the
assertion that he was lnnatlc. ! was
in Munich when he died, and can never
forget the weeping men and women
who for days and nights crowded the
streets leading 20 the palace, waiting 10
get one last look at his dead face. Po-
lice were stationed in the public resorts
and hourly arrests we're made OF those
who publicly expressed doubt Of the
dead mans sanity.
g Many amusing stories are told Of
King Ludwig. In early years one OF
his fntimates was Rodhe, the now eel
ebrated German actor, who was then
the juvenile man at the Court Theater.
For time they were inseparable, until
Rodhe. in an unguartled moment, for
got himself sufficiently to clear his
throat in his Majesty's presence. The
next morning he received note from
the King, in which he was requested u
call no more.
Another odd friendship of Lud.
wigs was his fondness for Herr keinz
young actor now playing IN Berlin
Keinz was for a time at the Munich
H0f Theater. While playing the char
acter of Mortimer in Mary Stuart,
the king entered his box and was *
much impressed with the actors per
Torrance that he summoned him x
his box. From their first meeting
dated a strong friendship, and the &C
| tor became the kings daily companion
While the king and the actor were OF
q trip through Switzerland, Ludwig re
quested Keinz 70 declaim for party o
/ dis friends. This the actor refused 4
do, as he was suffering from hoarse
/ ness. /, as the king, command you
There is no refusal, said Ludwig; bu
l the actor still refused, and thus thei
friendship was not only broken, bu
| keinz was banished. He afterward
attempted to publish the letters tina
the king had written him, but the
were OF such a nature that after tn
| first two had been printed their turtle
publication was suppressed by the gov
| eminent. This action on the part o
keinz reflected ON him 20 such an ex
tent that be was expelled from the Ba
varian Court Theater.
It Is generally believed in Germany
1 that the great influence that Wagne
exercised over the king was not ben
| eficial one, and his seclusion from tn
world began when the Ministry refuses
/ TO sanction his Maiesty's building al
opera house 70 be devoted exclusivel,
| to the representation of WagneriaI
music. When, finally, the composei
was banished from Munich, the cha
grim of the king was complete, and h
refused longer 70 be met in public
Always strange IN his friendships, per
haps the most peculiar was his strong
attachment for his groom, whom b.
afterward promoted TO the position o
secretary, and upon whose counsel hl
reposed the most complete confidence
The ex-groom is now residing in I
handsome palace in Munich, and i
the owner of valuable property, tbs
gift OF King Ludwig. A man OF such
extravagAnt tastes, Il is 10 be wondereC
at that the kings debts did not exceed
the s. 600, 900 or 81 ,000, 600 that he owed
One performance OF 'Theodora,' a
which he constituted the entire audi
enee, cost him 500, 1000 His favorit,
abode ia the winter was in what hs
termed his winter garden. Ii was here
that the swans and artificial moor
which have since become so famou:
were placed. This garden IS now TO b
set in the park at Munich. The con
trasts between his earlier palace al
Starnberg and his later ones at Under.
hot and Lake Chem show how much
he changed in later years. While the
former Is fitted with becoming plain
ness and simplicity, the others art
clothed with n magniticence, perhaps
unparalleled anywhere IN the world
With q fondness for mountains, hi:
palaces are always situated in view ol
towering peaks. Avery striking apart
ment at lake Chem is his sleeping
room furnished in red satin, while every
article in the room Is Of solid gold. BY
4 continuance Of shades there are re
Elected lights resembling the rays Of
the moon, and the effect produced i,
wonderful. Then comes the dining
saloon, with its solitary chair still in
place. In the center Of the room Is q
trap, such as are used on the stage
and on this trap sits the table. which Is